“The rapid progress of information technology, particularly in finance, means that less developed nations have an opportunity to leapfrog over those nations burdened by entrenched legacy systems ….”
Professor David Hand,
Imperial College London
Financial Inclusion
Dr Kupukile Mlambo Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Launched in 2007
This initiative seeks to understand how to better mobilise finance for SMEs and micro-entrepreneurs and link them more effectively into formal banking systems.
It has a particular focus on the rapidly emerging data and digital technology landscape; together with the opportunities and threats these pose.
Its activities regularly link into parallel CPTM activities such as country National Visions, as well as the Innovation and Technology initiative.
Format
Dialogues centre around gatherings of Commonwealth Central Bank governors, with CPTM bringing in world class experts from technology companies, academia, banking and finance.
They are held in London and member states. Specific topics have included fintech, crypto-assets, the regulation of technology, digital platforms, digital IDs, data enhanced statistical reporting and disruptive new business models.
Professor David Hand, Imperial College London, formerly President of the Royal Statistical Society, and Chief Scientific Officer, Winton Capital Management.
Some Key Meetings
- Mauritius, Interactions with Central Bank Governors (2011, 2012, 2013).
- Namibia, launch of the Financial Sector Strategy following the FIA workshop in 2011 (2012).
- Eswatini, Interactions with the Central Bank Governor (2012, 2013). Think Tanking on National Budget at regional Dialogues (2011).
- Tanzania, Interactions with Central Bank Governor (2012, 2013). Africa Mobile Financial Services Policy Initiative Workshop (2013).
- Uganda, Interactions with Central Bank Governor (2012, 2013).
- Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda, Swaziland, Think Tanking with Central Bank Governors at the CPTM Smart Partners Hub (2012, 2013) resulting in CPTM Brief to Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ meeting on “Leveraging Technology for Socio-Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion: The Smart Partnership Way” (2013).
- Malaysia, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, Financial Inclusion Advisers Programme (2009, 2011, 2012).
- United Kingdom, 8th Central Bank Governors Think Tanking on “Enhancing the role of Central Banks in shaping the National Data Strategies for achieving Adaptive Flexibility in Financial Inclusion” (2019).
- United Kingdom, 9th Central Bank Governors Think Tanking, July 2020.
Reports
- 9th Central Bank Governors, CPTM Think Tanking, July 2020
- CPTM Report to Commonwealth Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors; “Enhancing the role of Central Banks in shaping the National Data Strategies for achieving Adaptive Flexibility in Financial Inclusion – The CPTM Smart Partnership Way”, October 2019